Le Piane Plinius 2017
Red
Boca, Italy
7.8
WineSaint
Rich, perfumed aromas of red cherry, dried roses and wild herbs create an alluring first impression. The attack is generous and fleshy, but the wine loses steam through the middle, showing less concentration than the nose promises. Pleasant drinking now while the fruit remains vibrant.
red cherrydried roseswild herbsfleshy fruit
Label
Le Piane
→Le Piane revived Boca from near-extinction, making some of northern Piedmont's most compelling Nebbiolo-based reds from old vines on volcanic, porphyry-rich soils above Lake Maggiore.